The C++ c_str(), length(), data() and strlen() member function program example

Compiler: Visual C++ Express Edition 2005

Compiled on Platform: Windows XP Pro SP2

Header file: Standard

Additional library: none/default

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To do: Using the C++ basic_string member functions: c_str() to convert the contents of a string as a C-style, null-terminated, string, length() to return the current number of elements in a string, data() to convert the contents of a string into an array of characters and strlen() to return the C-style string length.

To show: How to use the C++ basic_string c_str(), length(), data() and strlen() member functions in C++ programming

// the C++ c_str(), length(), data() and strlen() program example

#include <string>

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main(void)

{

string str1("Testing the c_str");

cout<<"The original string object str1 is: "<<str1<<endl;

cout<<"Operation: str1.length()"<<endl;

cout<<"The length of the string object str1 = "<<str1.length()<<endl<<endl;

// a string to an array of characters conversion

const char *ptr1 = 0;

ptr1= str1.data();

cout<<"Operation: ptr1= str1.data()"<<endl;

cout<<"The string object pointed by ptr1 is: "<<ptr1<<endl;

cout<<"\nOperation: strlen(ptr1)"<<endl;

cout<<"The length of character array str1 = "<<strlen(ptr1)<<endl<<endl;

// a string to a C-style string conversion

const char *cstr1 = str1.c_str();

cout<<"Operation: *cstr1 = str1.c_str()"<<endl;

cout<<"The C-style string c_str1 is: "<<cstr1<<endl;

cout<<"\nOperation: strlen(cstr1)"<<endl;

cout<<"The length of C-style string str1 = "<<strlen(cstr1)<<endl;

return 0;

}

Output example:

The original string object str1 is: Testing the c_str

Operation: str1.length()

The length of the string object str1 = 17

Operation: ptr1= str1.data()

The string object pointed by ptr1 is: Testing the c_str

Operation: strlen(ptr1)

The length of character array str1 = 17

Operation: *cstr1 = str1.c_str()

The C-style string c_str1 is: Testing the c_str

Operation: strlen(cstr1)

The length of C-style string str1 = 17

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